Thousands flock to Sequim-Dungeness Valley to smell the lavender

SEQUIM — Barbara Jannsen of Woodinville and Jesilyn Borman of Mill Creek had just polished off servings of lavender ice cream on a sunny afternoon.

They were two of thousands of people milling around the Street Fair on Saturday during Sequim’s Celebrate Lavender Festival, the most-attended festival on the North Olympic Peninsula.

Their next move was not firm, but they were seriously thinking about a Clallam Transit shuttle bus ride to a lavender farm.

Jannsen and Borman found out fast just how popular the festival has become as they joined thousands of others Saturday visiting the Sequim-Dungeness Valley.

“We had to book a room I Port Angeles because we couldn’t get one here,” said Jannsen, who arrived Friday night in Sequim with her friend.

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The rest of the story appears in the Sunday Peninsula Daily News.

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